Every day I see
continual sudden attacks.
People being
attacked from behind, with no warning.
Groups of people
invading store after store.
Sudden attacks
of individuals who work in those stores.
Instant and
random knife stabbing attacks.
Cars being used
as weapons.
Instant
instances of passengers going postal in planes.
More and more
drive by shootings where police officers are victims.
Or random
individuals being struck by bullets and they were not the target.
Rapes becoming
more and more common.
I do not believe
it is only the result of the current constant news coverage of what is occurring.
All of which
makes me wonder if karate as a tool for self defense meets the actuality of
what is actually happening.
Personally
I believe in karate study for life.
However, is what
we are training for what is actually happening.
One time when I
lived in Scranton, I met a guy who had been a student of Frank Van Leten.
At that time he lived in NYC and was so concerned about violence In the city he described that when he walked outside he constantly carried a rolled up newspaper in his hands so if he was attacked he could always jab tbat newspaper into an attacker for surprise.
https://isshin-concentration.blogspot.com/2018/09/frank-vanlenten-in-official-karate.html
Of course our
Bando short stick training could work the same way.
I did not teach kids weapons, but one New Years sleepover training at the Boys
and Girls Club in Derry, for one time I showed he
kids a piece of the short stick form using rolled up newspapers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sAsNPCro-M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz3R-MRi6AQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YINL1XMHdm8
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